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Here, we bring you a review of best hotels in Perth for a stay for anybody whether you are a honeymoon couple or a family or a business traveler. 1. The Richardson – The Richardson is located in West Perth and is near to the city and Kings Park. It is a great spot for…

Australian legend Glenn McGrath has advised skipper Ricky Ponting and his teammates to grin and bear the crowd abuse which is flaring during the Ashes.McGrath insists Australia should try to have some fun with the crowd rather than antagonise them further.Australia`s most successful fast bowler, who was regularly the target of crowd heckling in England,…

Michael Clarke’s unbeaten century guided Australia to a draw against England in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston here on Monday.The result kept Australia’s defence of the Ashes alive, although it also meant England remained 1-0 up in the five-match series ahead of the fourth Test at Headingley, which starts on Friday. The Australian vice-captain…

Ricky Ponting is 25 runs from becoming Australia’s leading scorer and the third most prolific in Tests, but he has greater team pursuits to achieve this week in Birmingham as his side attempts to level the Ashes series. Ponting starts the match sitting on 11,150 and while Allan Border’s 15-year-old national mark is the initial…

Australia’s 75-year unbeaten record at Lord’s is facing its greatest threat, after England’s seamers scythed through the tourists’ top- and middler-orders on a rain-interrupted second day at Lord’s. James Anderson and Andrew Flintoff bowled with a measure of pace, movement and accuracy that eluded Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle in the preceding innings, and placed…

For as long as anyone can remember, Adelaide has been nicknamed â€˜The City of Churches’. Though the catchphrase plays on one aspect of this genteel city, there is far more to the South Australian capital than church spires, cricket, and cucumber sandwiches. For one thing, unhurried Adelaide (with its obvious English leanings) houses both some…

Michael Clarke and Marcus North both notched half-centuries as Australia built on the hundreds from Ricky Ponting and Simon Katich to take the lead on the third day in Cardiff. England had staged a morning fight back with James Anderson claiming two with the new ball, but Clarke and North pushed Australia 23 ahead by…

Shane Watson’s hopes of playing a major role in the Ashes took a significant blow on Tuesday when he missed a second day’s training session in Brighton due to a knee injury. Australia were already pondering their 12-man team for the warm-up game against Sussex starting on Wednesday, but Watson’s inability to train on Monday…

Brilliant batting from Claire Taylor and Beth Morgan saw England produce a stirring fightback to stun Australia in the Women’s World Twenty20 semi-finals. Chasing Australia’s excellent 163-5, England were set back by two early wickets and the required run rate was almost 10 an over at one stage.But Taylor (72) and Morgan (45) put on…

1. Australian National University 2. The University of Sydney 3. The University of Melbourne 4. The University of Queensland 5. The University of New South Wales 6. Monash University 7. The University of Western Australia 8. The University of Adelaide 9. Macquarie University 10. RMIT University